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January
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Today's
quotation:
It's
amazing,
isn't it, how some people see the basket half
empty and
others see it half full. Some see life hopeless,
others hopeful. Even when things are less than
perfect,
if you can think of the good, the beautiful, the
hopeful,
you'll be more than sustained--you'll conquer.
unknown
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Today's
Meditation:
I
remember many, many times when I've seen the basket half
empty. For much of my life when I was unmarried (I
married at 37), I saw life as somehow empty, somehow
lacking, because I was missing that which I most
wanted. A wife and a family seemed to be an
impossible dream that I was being denied even though so
many others were blessed with both--and many had little to
no appreciation of that. My view was tarnished by
what was lacking in my life, and it did hurt me
significantly.
Fortunately,
I worked my way through this before I ever met the woman I
was to marry. I finally came to the point at which I
was comfortable being alone, and I was happy with what I
had in life--I had many blessings instead of a family, and
I began to appreciate them for what they were. The
basket truly was half full, and even that
"missing" half represented wonderful things that
I already had experienced.
I've
found that life gives back to us almost exactly what we
give to it. If we give it an attitude of
appreciation and gratitude, life gives us more things to
be thankful for. If we look at each thing for
exactly what it IS rather than what it's MISSING, we'll
see that our lives are filled with an abundance that we
hardly can imagine. If we accept people for what
they do rather than judge them for what they don't do,
we'll find our relationships strengthening and growing and
becoming something more than they ever were.
We
see things as half empty when we allow our fear to control
us--our fear that something soon will be completely empty
and we'll have to do without, or we won't be able to
provide for our loved ones. We have to let go of
that fear and focus on the fact that we have enough for
now, and we can trust that tomorrow will bring us more--in
its own way--if we're to live our lives in a happy,
healthy way.
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Questions to
consider:
Do you see the glass as half empty or half full?
Are you afraid that a half-empty glass will soon be gone,
or are you glad that you have half a glass of something to
enjoy?
How do the "half-empty" people affect you
when you're around them? Are their views generally
positive?
Is it realistic to expect that all of our glasses
should
be full all the time? |
For further
thought:
The unhappiness we
experience is not so much a result of the difficulties
encountered along our journey as it is of our
misperception of how life instructs us. We may see a
failed relationship as an indictment of our self-worth
when it is really a lesson in using better judgment, in
valuing ourselves more, in expressing greater
appreciation for our partner--lessons to prepare us for a
more loving and fulfilling union. If we are passed over
for a much-anticipated promotion, it may be just the push
we need to get more training or to venture out on our own
as an entrepreneur. As we rise to meet the challenges
that are a natural part of living, we awaken to our many
undiscovered gifts, to our inner power and our purpose.
Susan
L. Taylor |
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